In just one weekend, the "lobster farming" craze swept across social media platforms like wildfire. A photo of long queues outside Tencent's headquarters further fueled the frenzy. However, this "lobster" is not the typical lobster-it refers to the AI agent OpenClaw, named for its red lobster icon. Fed with private data uploaded by "lobster farmers," OpenClaw can take over the user's mouse and keyboard, performing tasks across different apps.
But the real money-makers are far more than just OpenClaw and its founder. In the Chinese market, cloud service providers and large-scale model manufacturers were among the first to reap the rewards of this "lobster craze," launching feature upgrades and bundled packages, with token sales soaring. Tencent even launched its own "Lobster Commando" to grab attention and traffic. Industry insiders believe that with the rapid turnover of phenomenal AI products in the past two years, OpenClaw may not be the ultimate winner in this AI boom, but the "endpoint intelligent agent" concept it represents could be a key element in breaking the commercialization bottleneck for the entire industry.
